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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Brendan Rascius and Graig Graziosi

Venezuela calls Trump admin’s seizure of tanker ‘an act of international piracy’ and claims it’s being targeted for oil

Venezuela has accused the U.S. of engaging in an “international act of piracy” after one of its oil tankers was seized by the U.S. military.

“Under these circumstances, the true reasons for the prolonged aggression against Venezuela have finally been revealed… It has always been about our natural resources, our oil, our energy, the resources that belong exclusively to the Venezuelan people,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement.

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